Google just showed off an impressive, AI-filled vision of the future — now it needs to ship

Google just showed off an impressive, AI-filled vision of the future — now it needs to ship

This morning, Google laid out its ambitious vision for the future, and a series of spectacular Google products that will take us there. Not now. But sometime soon. In the future. At its I/O developer conference, the company unveiled a series of new products centered around the company’s core competency: Unrivaled search and machine intelligence systems. You can’t use a single one of those products today, though. Unlike earlier years, Google’s big reveals were previews — products launching “later this year” — not immediate launches. And the most significant announcements — personal assistant tech and smart messaging apps — are products that Google rivals Amazon, Apple and Facebook already have out in the market. It’s a sign that Google feels confident it can ship these products that are packed, in…